Configuring a new Office 365 subscription for client-side deployment only

This article guides you through the process of configuring your subscription forclient-side deployment only.

In this mode, signatures are synchronised to users' computers for use in Microsoft Outlook. When messages are sent from Outlook, they are sent directly via Office 365 (they are not routed to Exclaimer Cloud for processing). To achieve this, follow steps below:

Running the setup wizard

This wizard walks you through the steps required to grant permission for Exclaimer Cloud - Signatures for Office 365 to read user data from your Azure/Office 365 directory (and maintain a replica in an Exclaimer Cloud database).

You will also grant permission for Exclaimer's Outlook Client Agent to sign into Office 365 as a user.

Note: If you have previously chosen to Try out the Signature Designer, the Configure the full operational service option will always be available when you launch the product.

Select Configure the full operational service and then click Next to choose features that you wish to configure.

Select the client-side checkbox:

Click Next to view a summary of tasks that will be completed during this setup:

Click Next to grant permission to read your Azure/Office 365 data:

Enter the required domain and click Next. You are directed to a page within the Microsoft Online environment, where you should enter Global Administrator credentials and grant permission for Exclaimer Cloud to access required data.

Having confirmed these details, you are directed back to Exclaimer's setup wizard, where you'll see confirmation you that you have successfully granted permission for Exclaimer Cloud - Signatures for Office 365 to read your Azure/Office 365 directory data:

Deploying the signature update agent to users' computers

To synchronise signatures to Microsoft Outlook, Exclaimer's Signature Update Agent must be deployed to each user's computer. The agent runs in the background and synchronises signatures at regular intervals.

There are two ways that you can deploy the Signature Update Agent to client computers: